1982 Princeton Tigers football team

1982 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIvy League
Record3–7 (3–4 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Victor L. Ruterbusch
  • Jonathan E. Schultheis
Home stadiumPalmer Stadium
1982 Ivy League football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Harvard + 5 2 07 3 0
Penn + 5 2 07 3 0
Dartmouth + 5 2 05 5 0
Princeton 3 4 03 7 0
Yale 3 4 04 6 0
Brown 3 4 05 5 0
Cornell 3 4 04 6 0
Columbia 1 6 01 9 0
  • + Conference co-champions

The 1982 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 1982 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Princeton tied for fourth place in the Ivy League.

In their fifth year under head coach Frank Navarro, the Tigers compiled a 3–7 record and were outscored 317 to 229. Victor L. Ruterbusch and Jonathan E. Schultheis were the team captains.

Princeton's 3–4 conference record earned it part of a four-way tie for fourth place in the Ivy League standings. The Tigers were outscored 215 to 154 by Ivy opponents.

This was Princeton's first year in Division I-AA, after having competed in the top-level Division I-A and its predecessors since helping to found the sport in 1872.

Princeton played its home games at Palmer Stadium on the university campus in Princeton, New Jersey.